Our Mission

The ACGN was formed to develop the institutional capacity of ACGN members for enhancing effective corporate governance practices towards building better private and public sector organisations and corporate citizens in Africa.

ACGN Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 9 – 11 August 2017

A “Corporate Governance and Business Ethics” Conference was also held alongside the ACGN meeting – This Conference provided the opportunity to discuss and present leading practices, ongoing initiatives and shortcomings in the field of economic and corporate governance and ethical leadership that are required for Africa to succeed in its growth objectives.

A special address to delegates was made by guest of honour H.E. Mr. Ali Suleiman, Commissioner of The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission whilst a key note address was made by Professor Deon Rossouw of The Ethics Institute on ‘Ethics in Business’.

Two panel sessions were held in the afternoon, with the first panel addressing ‘Corporate Governance in the African context: Exploring good corporate governance practices as may be applicable and relevant to an economy driven largely by Small-Medium Enterprises, Family-owned Businesses and State-owned entities’ whilst the second pannel addressed ‘Case Studies in African Corporate Governance: Sharing of lessons learnt in corporate governance through African case studies at an entity, country and regulatory level’.

Also over the course of the meeting, the ACGN welcomed the Institute of Directors Centre for Corporate Governance in Nigeria (IODCCG) as an affiliate member.

Objectives

Exchange and share knowledge, information, best practices tools and resources.

Demonstrating good practice within member organisations and network

Building sustainable capacity to enable membership organisations to achieve their goals

Common platform for advocacy, initiatives and communications

Expand the network

Create a favourable investment climate (outcome)

Conduct Research

International Conference Africa Rising!

Governance for Sustainability:The Road Map for Value Creation

Venue: Hilton Mauritius Resort & Spa Date: 17-18 Oct

Are Africa’s Lion economies, the world’s next economic powerhouses? According to the International Monetary Fund, Africa will host seven of the top ten fastest growing economies in the world in the next five years. So what are the challenges for capturing business opportunities and creating sustained organisational value?